Many belt out the above line during Dancing Queen when the Swedish pop group are in fact singing: “See that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the dancing queen”

Hysterical lyrics: Blinkbox research has highlighted where we go wrong most (Photo: Rex)

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It may have notched up millions of sales – but Abba’s smash hit Dancing Queen has the most misquoted lyrics ever.

As many as two in 10 fans singing along to the track – which topped the UK charts in 1976 – belt out: “See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen.”

The correct words are in fact: “See that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the dancing queen.”

And, according to research by Blinkbox Music, almost as many people mess up Queen’s We Will Rock You by singing: “Kicking your cat all over the place,” when the real words are, “Kicking your can all over the place”.

Other hilarious gaffes are made with Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer when the lyrics are changed from, “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not” to, “It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not”.

Madonna’s Like a Virgin doesn’t escape either. Her words, “Like a virgin touched for the very first time” are often altered to, “Like a virgin touched for the 31st time”.

The Spice Girls’ No 1 single Wannabe is again lost in translation – “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends” comes out as, “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get rid of my friends”.

And a quarter of those surveyed were unable to make out the words to any of Lady Gaga’s songs.

Blinkbox Music spokesman Rowan Adams said: “We’ve all been there, singing along at the top of our lungs, only to be corrected and made to feel daft.”